Firefighters have managed to contain 45% of a blaze in central Arizona that killed 19 of their colleagues, the authorities say. Some 114 buildings have been damaged or razed by the fire, which has burned 13 sq miles (33 sq km).

Newly obtained documents reveal that U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service bald eagle experts have again been overruled by their political superiors in order to remove Endangered Species Act protection for Arizona's desert nesting bald eagles. An August 24,

The Chapins built the large, one-of-a-kind contraption that stands in the desert some 15 miles west of Tucson, Arizona, in the belief that moonlight might have applications for medicine, industry and agriculture.